Ray Rice

100 of South Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.

Irela Bagué, president, Bagué Group

Last week: Kudos to the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce this week for hosting their monthly trustee luncheon focusing on sea level rise.
Miami in recent years has garnered the moniker of “ground zero” for sea level rise. It was sobering to hear from author John Englander and
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine describe the hard reality of this new challenge. However, I know that South Florida has been able to
effectively manage flooding...

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100 of South Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Irela Bagué, president, Bagué Group
Last week: Kudos to...

Ah, remember the good old days, when the National Football League was mostly concerned with two 300-pound guys involved in a bullying scandal?
How quaint.
We now have the horrible domestic abuse case involved Ray Rice. We have other...

The following are some salient points that need to be addressed with regard to the Ray Rice fiasco:The NFL is concerned with two things: its public image and making money. The NFL cares little about doing the right thing and its actions are simple to...

Sing along to the fight song; holler with the crowd; watch the ESPN cameraman get a shot up that cheerleader's skirt; and smell the testosterone on the grill — it's football season, that special time when men are men, and women, er, are not.I'm here to...

Outrage equals opportunity.First, there was outrage in February when Baltimore Ravens football star Ray Rice dragged his unconscious then-fiance Janay Palmer out of an elevator in Atlantic City.Then there was outrage when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell...

The camera never lies.
Consider what it recently captured:
• One couple.
One left hook.
• One battered, unconscious woman.
What unreeled in the aftermath is just as incontrovertible:
• One wholly inadequate attempt at discipline.
• One massive...

September 8, 2014 should go down in history as a red-letter day. It should be remembered as the day domestic violence gained such prominence that all of America began to take it seriously.
Thanks to Ray Rice and the NFL, domestic violence can no...

Baltimore’s Ray Rice is now out of a lucrative job as an NFL players, because TMZ released a video of him knocking out his then fiancee.
Good. He got what he deserved. He should never play pro football again.
And now, NFL commissioner Roger...

1. For now, it's just lawyer-on-lawyer hate. But the question for the Pouncey brothers, Mike and Maurkice, as well as their respective teams, the Dolphins and Steelers is whether an incident at a South Beach nightclub becomes something more, as the lawyer...

G-E-N-O, Jets, Jets, Jets.Geno Smith had to wait 24 hours more than he expected to be drafted into the NFL, but his wait ended Friday night when the the West Virginia quarterback and former Miramar Patriot was selected No. 39 by the New York Jets.Smith...

The early days of Ravens training camp have delivered all manner of discouraging news and one large dose of controversy.
The back injury that has sidelined Joe Flacco led to the revelation that the team has been in contact with former San Francisco...

Ray Rice wants a job in the NFL. Thanks to all the Joe Mixon drama heading into Thursday’s draft, a perfect one is out there.
Before we get to that, here’s why it’s needed.
“A thorough background review of him, involving many elements of our...

For Troy Vincent, the bloody sights and bone-chilling sounds are as raw today as they were when he was an 8-year-old, huddling with his younger brother in a closet while his mother was being beaten by a boyfriend.
Rather than repress those painful...

Wide receiver Torrey Smith, who played for the Ravens for four years and continues to be a fan favorite, held his popular charity basketball game on Sunday at Royal Farms Arena.
The Torrey Smith Family Fund Charity Basketball Game, in its sixth year,...

Video surfaced Monday of Ezekiel Elliott pulling down a woman’s top at a party. As bad as that was, what makes it mind-blowingly stupid is Elliott knows the NFL is investigating domestic violence accusations against him.
In this post Ray Rice era, that...

Not that the New England Patriots need allies but they have a big one in President Donald Trump, who on behalf of the Pats ripped NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in comments to the New York Times.
“The commissioner is a weak guy,” Trump said. “When he...

An independent football league debuting in April is embracing high-profile NFL players who were shunned, extending invitations to Johnny Manziel and former Ravens running back Ray Rice and lining up several former draft picks with the promise of a shot to...